XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Jan 15, 2008 · 25 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Fri, 18 January 2008 at 1:19 AM
I've seen only one Apple machine in use by any of the major engineering companies that I've worked for over the years. And that singular Apple was being used strictly for graphics / advertising purposes. Basically it was a Photoshop box -- purchased on the whim of a lone woman who thought that maybe the company needed one.
I have never seen an Apple machine being used in techincal engineering applications. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen -- but I am saying that in the industries that I've worked for (which are many) Apples are unknown.
However - as I mentioned earlier, if MS insists on continuing to attempt to force its users in the directions which are hinted at by Vista: then MS might one day find themselves in the same position relative to their own industry as the position that General Motors is in today relative to its industry -- gradually chipping away and losing their purchasing base one customer at a time.